Radical-nationalist podcasting under a post-fascist condition: the Swedish podcast Motgift

This article sketches fascism’s ideological morphology under a post-fascist condition. It builds empirically on three years of ethnographic studies of the radical-nationalist podcast Motgift [Antidote], disclosing that (i) fascist multivocality characterizes and feeds the rhizomic structure of Swedi...

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Authors: Lundström, Tomas Poletti (Author) ; Lundström, Markus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Fascism
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 186-201
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Keywords:
Motgift
Sweden
Ethnography
Podcasts
Post-fascism
Radical nationalism
Rhizome
Temporality
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Summary:This article sketches fascism’s ideological morphology under a post-fascist condition. It builds empirically on three years of ethnographic studies of the radical-nationalist podcast Motgift [Antidote], disclosing that (i) fascist multivocality characterizes and feeds the rhizomic structure of Swedish radical nationalism; (ii) fascist narration locates protagonists and antagonists in driving a plot of ‘genocide against the white race’; and (iii) fascist temporality reinforces ideas of a lost past and degenerated present - prompting a struggle for cultural rebirth and racial revival. The multivocality, narration, and temporality of Motgift illuminate the radical-nationalist politics at work under a post-fascist condition: the state of ideological reconfiguration pondering fascism’s historical downfall.
ISSN:2211-6257
DOI:10.1163/22116257-10010007